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Pauline Rowson's Blog
November 5, 2009
- I've just uploaded some photographs taken yesterday at my talk at Lee-on-the-Solent Library in Hampshire. The small library was built in the 1930's and has been recently refurbished, though I guess it's had many refurbishments since it was opened! There was a nice sized crowd, about twenty, which for a small library was good, and one gentleman, who is one of my followers on Twitter, had ...
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November 3, 2009
- I've just received the jacket image for the cover of the new Inspector Horton marine mystery crime novel, which is to be published by Severn House on 26 February 2010. The design follows through from my previous crime novels using the marine theme. My crime novels are set against the backdrop of the sea on the south coast of England.Blood on the Sand is the fifth in the crime series to feature ...
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October 28, 2009
- Avid crime fiction readers and crime writers in particular will be pleased to learn that The Times has linked with CrimeFest for 2010 to provide media coverage for this exciting convention. The increased publicity this will bring for the genre is to be welcomed. The Times will also be covering the Crime Writers Association (CWA) Dagger awards, which includes the CWA Dagger in the Library, ...
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October 20, 2009
- I was asked the other day how I feel when I tap out the immortal words THE END at the completion of a novel.The timing of the question was quite eerie because I was just reaching the final pages of the copy edits of my latest DI Horton marine mystery crime novel Blood on the Sand which is being published by Severn House in February next year. It is the fifth in the Inspector Horton series. ...
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October 12, 2009
- I received the large print edition of The Suffocating Sea, the third in the DI Andy Horton series of marine mystery crime novels last week, and it looks good. This will now be on sale on line or to order through bookshops, and also available on loan through libraries. In addition, The Suffocating Sea is available as a talking book, which can be bought as a download or in cassette and CD ...
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October 6, 2009
- I’m delighted to announce that I have just signed a contract with Severn House for the publication of the fifth DI Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel called, BLOOD ON THE SAND, which will be published on 26 February 2010 at the same time as the paperback version of DEAD MAN’S WHARF.For those of you who would like a taste of what is to come for Andy Horton look no further…Blood On The ...
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October 3, 2009
- I was delighted to be asked to the Mayor of Havant’s reception and the grand opening of the newly refurbished arts and heritage centre in Havant, Hampshire, called The Spring, on 2 October.The mayor of Havant, Jackie Branson, was entertaining all the mayors from around Hampshire and the Isle of Wight – twenty two of them I believe. It is a tradition that each mayor takes it in turn annually ...
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October 2, 2009
- There was certainly a welcome in the hillside and on the banks of the River Tyne for me in the north of England this week during my mini book tour, which kicked off at Newcastle City Library and ended at The Richmond Walking and Book Festival. I met some fantastic people who made me very welcome and very kindly bought tons of my books. Thank you. The new city library at Newcastle is most ...
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September 21, 2009
- I'm off to the North of England on a mini tour with speaking engagements lined up. I'm looking forward to it. I shall be at the Newcastle City Library on Tuesday 29 September at 2pm, followed by a visit to North Tyneside Central Library in the evening at 7pm. The next day it's off to North Yorkshire where I am talking at a lunch event at The Richmond Walking and Book Festival on 30 ...
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September 15, 2009
- Ideas for novels come from a variety of sources: overheard conversations, stories relayed by others, personal experience, locations and the news. On my blog I recently mentioned the Windsurfing Festival on Hayling Island as a potential idea for an Inspector Andy Horton Marine Mystery crime novel, well here's another idea that popped into my Google Reader - Murder on the Hayling Seaside Express. ...
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September 11, 2009
- Ask this question of crime fiction fans and you'll get varied answers. Some like the gritty gruesome, others prefer cozy comfortable. Some enjoy a literary style crime novel, others a racy, action-packed page turner. Reading about exotic locations turn some readers on whilst others enjoy 'home spun' tales. Then there's historical or contemporary, detective or private eye, male ...
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September 1, 2009
- It's official, Autumn is here (according to the Metrological office in Great Britain or the Fall as it's called in the US) and it's shaping up to be a lively time with several book signings and talks lined up for me, as well as the release of The Suffocating Sea (an Inspector Horton Marine Mystery) in Large Print and news when the NEW Andy Horton crime novel, Blood Upon The Sand, will be ...
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August 23, 2009
- I've just uploaded a new video. In the latest podcast I briefly discuss my marine mystery crime novel, 'The Suffocating Sea,' and read an extract from Chapter One.The Suffocating Sea is the third Inspector Horton Marine Mystery. It is set in the Solent area on the south coast of England.
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August 21, 2009
- This week two news items popped into my in box which could spark ideas for plots.The National Windsurfing Festival, this year, is to be held at the Inn On The Beach, Beachlands, Hayling Island, on 5-6 September 2009.The National Windsurfing Festival, supported by Havant Borough Council, is now the largest windsurfing event of the national calendar. And of course, Hayling Island is the birthplace ...
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August 13, 2009
- I’m often asked by readers whether my tough, earthy character, the flawed and rugged Inspector Horton in my marine mysteries, is based on anyone I know. The inspiration for Andy Horton comes from my lifelong love of heroes both fictional (James Bond for one) and real, in particular my fire fighter husband and the men I have met on his watch and in the Hampshire Fire Service. These fearless ...
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